Nailbrush



A. M. PASNIK NAILBRUSH Filed Feb. 18, 1926 14 T TOR/V5 Y Patented Get. 19, 1926.

UNITE yfTES ALEXANDER M. PASNIK, OF NORWICI-I CONNECTICUT.

NAILBRUSI-I.

Application filed February This invention is an improvement in nail brushes of the type disclosed in my Patent No. 1,568,565) of January 5, 1926, comprising a flat guide-bar and a separate brush member having a narrow back with bristles on one edge, said back being adapted to be slipped rearward on the guide-bar into the engagement and support of stnos or the like. The object of the present invention is to provide an improved construction having certain advantages in respect to neatnesi strength and general effectiveness.

In the accompanying drawings forming part hereof l i g. 1 is a face or elevational view of the complete improved device;

Fig. 2 is a rear edge view of the same Fi 3 is a face or elevational view of the brush member removed; and i Fig. 4 is a cross section through the com plete device, on a larger scale.

One part of the device comprises fiat guide-bar 2 having its opposite ends incurved to it the thumb and finger of the hand holding it. On one face of this bar, in. the corner regions at the ends and rear edge are low abutments 4L of substantial cross-sectional area, and connecting these abutmcnts and extending lengthwise over the rear portion of this face of the guidebar a relatively narrow retainer strip 5, narrowly spaced from said face. The elements l and 5 may be made in separate pieces suitably unite-f together, but the construction lends itself well to molding in single piece of pyroxylin or like composition, and, it will be apparent, is of a sturdy character.

The separate brush member shown by itself in Fig. 3 comprises a thin, flat back (3, considerably narrower than the guide-bar 2, having a row of bristle tufts 7 along its front edge. The construction and relation are such that the back (3 will slip rearward closely between the bar 2 and the strip 6, against the roaiwvard support of the abutments 4t. For the latter purpose, the ends 18, 1926. Serial No. 88,982.

8 of the back (3 are formed with hooks, horns or notches, in a suitable manner, substantially as shown. When the brush mom er is thus inserted into position, the bristles 7 tenninate back of the forward edge of the guide-bar 21, leaving a margin of such bar to serve as a guide for the finger nails.

In use, the brush member is held in place by the rearward pressure of the nails pressing the back 6 against the abutments, and at other times by a sufiicienit amount of friction to keep the brush member from slip ping out. Such friction may be between the faces of the back 6 and the opposed faces of the bar 2 and the strip 5, or between the ends of the back 6 and the abutments, or it may be produced by the lateral pressure of the resilient bristles themselves against the face of the bar 2.

W hat is claimed as new is 1. A. nail-brush comprising a guide-bar having abntments on one face at its ends and rear edge, and a retainer strip extending between. said abutments and narrowly spaced from the face of the bar, and a separable brush member comprising a thin back with bristles on one edge thereof, said back being removably positioned between the guidebar and the retainer strip with its ends against said abutments.

2. A. nail-brush comprising a flat guid' bar, a retainer strip extending longitudinally over the rear portion of one face of said bar, from which the retainer strip is narrowly spaced, and a separate brush member comprising a thin back with bristles on one edge thereof, said back adapted to be slipped rearward between the guide-bar and the retainer strip, and means connecting the strip and guide bar limiting in vard movement of said brush back when so inserted, the construction and relation being such that lateral pressure of the bristles against the face of the gnide-bar produces friction for keeping the brush member in place.

ALEXANDER PASNIK. 

